The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-06
FRATERNITIEs AND ORGANIZATIONS.
The Secret Societies.

Philoxenian Lodge conferred the first and second
degrees on Wednesday evening.
Two candidates were mustered at the meeting of
Canton indianapolis, last Monday night
Twenty-three loiges and encampments have con-
tributed $85.S5 to the Cofax monument fund.
Metropolitan Encampment will meet tomorrow
evening, when the Patrial shal degree will be
ferred
The degree staff of Olive Branch Lodge D. of r..
will meet for rehearsal next Thursday afternoon at
o'clock.
Meridian Lodge conferred the initatory degree last
Wednesday night and will work the First degree next
Wednesday evening.
Schuyler Lodge d. of R.. of South Bend will hold
festival the til INST for the benefit of the Col
fax monument fund.
The gran. instructor viii go to Hartford City on
f~-ur to instruct the encampment in the secret work
and floor movements of the degrees
The Colfax monument bill in the Legislature
amended in the Senate. and will have to go back to
| the House. when it will doubtless become law.
Saturday Feb. 10 has been selected by the commit
tee of Olive Branch Lodge, D. of r., for the festival
| in Grand Lodge Hall for the benefit of the Colfax
monument fund.
The State Mutual Aid Association has paid benefits
to the heirs Of George Nep of Peru go 500; Samuel
Simpson, of Owensyille. So. 500 ard Isaac Cook of
1 Frankfort, 81 900, during the last week.
The dedication of the new hall of Cicero Lodge,
the lst inst well attended, notwithstanding the
weather. Grand Master Grant present and Off
cated, and w. R. Myers and B. T. Foster delivered
| addresses.
Centennial Lodge is making some excellent improve
ments in their lodgeroom. The ante rooms are being
made larger and more CONVENIENT The size OF the
large for lodge purposes The staff of the lodge will
meet for rehearsal on Tuesday evening. and the
ond degree will be conferred Wednesday evening.
The new lodge at Morristown will be instituted Feb.
"a and another at New Amsterdam the 18th.
Both of these lodges had selected the name of Grant
in honor of the grand master but there is
| already Grant lodge, and inasmuch there is
law of the order prohibiting any lodge being namsd
after living person, some other names viii have to
| be selected.
The model of the statue Of Colfax, eight feet in
height is being executed by dorado Taft the Chicago
| sculptor, of the most accomplished of American
artists Theodore P. Haughey, ]. w. McQuiddy and
A. A. Mckan went to Chicago Thursday night to
and What ev had ar
has been compelled to work entirely from photographs
and has succeeded in wonderful degree in transfer
ring the features to the clay The work will be
pleted il about two weeks when it will be cast in
plaster and sent to the foundry and transferred to
bronze The artist assured tho visitors that it would
be ready by May The pose excellent and entirely
satisfactory to the committee.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.
Star Lodge No. z, had two candidates for the first
| rank on Tuesday night
Koerner Lodge No. 6, had work in the second zand
third ranks Monday night.
There is talk of lodge being instituted at Cold
Ridge Vigo county, in short time.
Olive Branch Lodge, No. 2 had one candidate for
the first rank on last Saturday night.
Lake View Lodge No. 164, will be instituted at
Silver Lake, kosciusko county, about Feb. 81.
indianapolis Lodge, No. So conferred the amplifed
first rank upon five candidates on Thursday night.
Tom ]. Collins, of Cincinnati was in the city yes
terday on business connected with the Uniform Rank
Marion Lodge No. l. had one candidate for the
I first and one for the second rank Wednesday
night.
Past Grand Chancellor Harry H. Francis, of Michi-
gan City, contempates taking trip South in short
time for the benefit of his health.
Another effort was made on Thursday night to have
meeting of the general relief committee, but without
!; avail there being no quorum present.
Maior-general Carnahan issued warrants during the
past week for divisions of the Uniform Rank at Plain
. field n. j.; Nashville, Ind, and Greensburg Ind
, | The knight preparing to make very credita
Bile showing for the order during carnival week ane
the Uniform Rank will be especially we'll represented
Grand Chancellor Charles e. Shiveley of Cambridge
>. City, was in the city Thursday on business. II.
J., has been suffering for some time with an attack
rheumatism.
r Excelsior Lodge No. 25, conferred the anplifed
n first rank upon one candidate on Friday night TIL
A. present The lodge will confer the second rank o,
d ne Friday night.
r At the meeting of Indianapolis Division No g q
5 r., on Friday night, the following officers wer
s. elected: Ben F. Richardson, sir knight commander
Dr. W. L. Heskell. first lieutenant; j. E. Bodine
1T herald T. A. Winterrowd recorder Chas. j. Schmidt
e. treasurer
D. Two new divisions of the Uniform Rank will doubt
Z less be organized in Indiana during the presen
month. There are now thrty-four divisions in TIL
70 State the first having been organized in December
1878 1t is the history of the Uniform Rank in thi
81 State that there has been delinquent division
n nor have any disbanded.
During his recent trip East Maior-general Carnaha
he took preparatory steps toward organizing dvisio
K of the uniform rank at New Bedford Mass and du,
ing the past week he received word to the effect tina
he would shortly be asked for warrant co
division with ninety-two members the largest mum
Der application. New uniforms hay
already been secured
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal Bowers wishe
to impress the fact upon the minds of the officers
quite number of lodges throughout the State that
the resolution adopted at the session of the Gran
Lodge in January, 1881 is enforced recurring tn
ly seniannual reports to be in the hands of the gran
keeper OF records and seal by the 9Th of January an
July of each year upon the failure furnish sue
he reports before such dates lodges will forte
u.s. their representation in the Grand Lodge a gres
10 number of lodges will be without representation
- the coming June session
= Edward Knott. of Red Cross Lodge. No 8, an
W. Alpha Division, No. 1, U. r., of Hamilton Ont;
ct r. Downing. of Hutson Lodge. No. 81. Jersey Cit
,t L. F. Flint of the Grand jurisdiction of New JERSEY
John E. Stephenson, of Wabash Lodge No. 40, &
re- Wabash, connected with Murphy, Hibben Co
rs wholesale drygoods merchants of this city;C G. Ha